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- 1900 Federal Census of Durham, Durham County, North Carolina (June 11, 1900)
Herbert Bass - 43 - Male - Jan 1857 - NC-NC-NC - Head - Tobacconist
Mary - 41 - Female - Oct 1858 - NC-NC-NC - Wife
Edwin J. - 10 - Male - Oct 1889 - NC-NC-NC - Son - At school
Mary A. - 7 - Female - Jun 1892 - NC-NC-NC - Daughter - At school
Maude B. - 6 - Female - May 1894 - NC-NC-NC - Daughter
Thomas W. - 1 - Male - Jan 1899 - NC-NC-NC - Son
Anna B. Buxton - 14 - Female - Mar 1886 - NC-NC-NC - Niece - At school
(Married 16 years, 7 children, 4 living)
Richmond Times Dispatch
Wednesday, September 29, 1965
Edwin Y. Bass Succumbs at 76
Edwin Y. Bass, 76, of Durham, North Carolina, former assistant of the vice president of general sales of the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company in Richmond for 24 years, died Monday. He had been associated with the company from 1910 until his retirement in 1955.
A native of Durham, Mr. Bass was a resident member of the Commonwealth Club and Centenary Methodist Church here, and the Virginia Society, Sons of the American Revolution.
He is survived by a brother, Thomas D. Bass of Durham.
A private funeral service will be held in the family plot in Maplewood Cemetery, Durham. The family has requested that flowers be omitted.
Durham Herald Sun
Edwin Yates Bass
Edwin Yates Bass, 76, member of an old Durham family, died at 11:15 a.m. Monday at Hillcrest Home after several years of declining health. A private graveside service will be held today at 3:30 p.m. at the family plot in the original section of Maplewood Cemetery. Reverend W. Warren Bishop, assistant pastor of Duke Memorial Methodist Church, will officiate. Surviving are a brother, Thomas Dillard Bass of Durham and several nieces and nephews. Mr. Bass was born in Durham in 1889, a son of the late Herbert Jones Bass and Mary Dillard Bass, who were natives of Virginia. He was educated in the public schools of Durham and Trinity Park School, which was established and operated by Trinity College, now Duke University. In 1911, he joined the local organization of Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company and in 1913 was transferred to the home office in Richmond, Virginia where he was associated with the general sales department. Mr. Bass was a bachelor and for many years, until returning to Durham a year ago, he was a resident member of the Commonwealth Club in Richmond. He was a member also of Centenary Methodist Church, Richmond, and the Virginia Society, Sons of the American Revolution.
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Bassett Family Association Database
1889 - 1965 (75 years)